New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
THE THEATRES.
GOSSIP OF LILLE WEEK.

performance IN the even az, with two on saturdays
are perhaps enough 70 occapy any ones time fully, bu
in addition 10 this Miss Dauvray pays great deal
personal attention to the actual mounting of the new
play Ny scene" shc said yesterday she sal
resting ii her office Tor few moments at mid day, as
the scene OF the last act This is interior and like
interiors ever much better than esteriOrs. The
latter one has TO leave altogether the sGene-pauer
bat on an interior potter about and have ones
lavoG,e IDEAS carried INTO execution. think when
you see 1t you will be pleased tor it is of the hand
soonest scenes at least have ever zen. hope am
not over-confdent but feel surprisingly little
nervousness over the piece. not think it can
fail to he interesting and Mt all events We have lett
undone nothing that could assist Mr. Howord's lines.
Inc adirondack scene is making expert mountainous
out OF us all are getting used to performing
acrobatc feats ut the thought OF which month ago
should have shuddered. Yon heard, / suppose, OF
poor Miss WIlton's accident Bad rs 1t was it might
Rave been much had il not been for the courage
OF our stage manager. He rdshed forward when she
began to toitcr and pulled her towarl him, falling
himself and letting her top of him. Had it
not been for this she would have gone down some
fifteen or twenty feet through open trap and
perhaps have been killed am sorry to say that her
physician has forbidden her TO venture out before
Monday. for of erysipclas. IA there is some
Tuesday. we have provided an under study in Miss
Fanny Gillette. Ihope, however. that Miss Wilton will
be able 10 create the part "a she longs to do"
awe have finally decuod" said Cecil Clay yester-
day. to take of The Schoolmistress.' On Wednes-
day next we shall present new bill which am in
cned to thnk will be successful Pinero's farce
comedy. Two OF the pieces which will then be pre-
scented are entirely and the third our old friend
and standby, The Pantomme Rehearsal OF the two
novelties the first is The Barons Wager, which is Dy
friend Sir Charles Young, the author OF jim the
Penman rs well "a OF many clever pieces OF lighter
construction In the other piece, A Double Lesson,
by Is. &. Stephenson, my wife will DO on the stage
nearly all the time aud her singing and dancing Will
form important features The plot rs briefly as can
give II il "a follows: Lady Monecre1 Is about to
give some amateur heaficals aud invites celebrated
wife, to coach her. When Miss st. Almond Is
going through her part with Lady Moncrieh she
finds that her pupil though married Is still dangerously
familiar with n Mr. Fielding, who happens to be the
actresss husband The lesson in comedy Is over and
she Is Just beginning 10 teach her pupil an heroic
speech from tragedy when she discovers the situa-
tion and bursts into a storm OF real rcproach. Lady
Monoriei's husband enters ut this Juncture and his
suspicious only averied by the coyorncss OF the
actress and all ends happily a. It should You wa. see
that Il ght though the construction of this little piece
may be Ii 90 exhibit tho full range OF an actresses
powers both OF comedy mud pathos. Ii Is exceedingly
clever regards the dialogue, and we both expect
great things from It, There Is much dancing in 1t
that though my wife ia thoroughly recovered from her
illness she ia exertng herself little IA possible
in order to be perfectly iresh next week.
Ever since the days when he the talk of the
town a. the young actor who had made such hit az
" Loris in " Fedora" Robert Mantel has, while In
NewYor. lived in quiet unpretentous hotel in West
Fourtoenth-s Hcreh was found the other morning by
visitor toastng his toes in front OF blazing fire. and
testing the virtues inherent richly colored briarroet
A n Lpo - he s,id in he nj the
chat which followed the visitors introduction. that
am getting terribly lasyi want something new In
the way of a part 70 tackle while am away from tho
theatre enjoy the preparation of new play almost
more than the actual production at rate after II
has rul for halt dozen nights or two or three weeks
Mt .he outside Talking of studying parts reminds mo
Of a curious thing, and that IA tho varying degree OF
study required by different parts Of apparently equal
importance and difficulty Of creation had Tor In
stance 10 study LOris In ten days, ana yet never
pcrccptiby altered my manner OF playing IT, 90 not
think should have been much longer AZ work on II
hal had unlimited time Mt my disposal. Now with
Tangled Lves.' had q very dlneIont experience. |
my part all summer and Il was not until
had actually PLAYED it for some time that FELT salts
fled with my work II Is difficult part 10 play IN
case" Speaking OF his experience since he became n
star Mr Mantel said am sure have every reason
TO congratulate myself My manager tells me that al
ready he is planning our route Tor next season. and
that he Il able to obtain Tar more satisfactory terms
from the country managers From the reports hear
bout Others am Inclined TO think that we should be
vol satisfied with our season tar The company is
an expensive one and all other expenses are large and
vet in an on year such IA this we have paid way
and have good balance on the right side. Next sea
son shall probably play repertOiy including several
aud perhaps a strong new play We cHpec' to stay a
the Firth Avenue Theatre until the production Of the
new Gilbert aud Sullivan come opera, which will prob
lbly arrive about the middle OF February.
novel experiment in ,cone-settne will be under
taken at the Fourteenth Street Theatre, where Den
nan Thompson will present tomorrow night his new
play "The Old Homestead Immediately back Of
Tho stage AT this theatre Is long alley used now for
storage purposes and running through TO Ftecnthst
he house N the scene which represents the country
farm will be placed at the extreme OF the stage ut
,nr corner OF this alley The latter will be orened mp
inl arranged To represent country lane backed
hy "a landscape that the effect by sklllul pcrspec
1--we paint ng OF several hundred yards II expected to
be attained. The scenery has all been painted by
llugbson Hawlcy. intending n Wow OF Grace Church.
which IL likely to Ice realistic for Nj llawicy has AL
ways been especially happy IN his architectural studies
John Duff has been in high good-hnmor lately. Not
only the Vokos Company doing well. but the re-
ports he receives from his son, James C. Duff, who ia
travelling with HIS opera company. are OF cheering
nature have just filed,' he said, the only open
Nokes leaves here on February II, and Emmett does
not arrive Till February II. have thrrc ore arranged
with Sol Smith Russell to give week OF his new play,
Pa. He Is clever comedian and the Boston papers
all speak highly of his new comedy"
For several weeks past four new comcdettas adapted
by Mrs. Burton Harrison from the French originals
have been rchearsed at the Madison Square Theatre by
mixed company of professionals and amateurs. They
will be given to the public next Thursday ana Friday
afternoons. "Tca at Four O'Clock" presents a the
itrc the various types OF character to he found
u q kettlcdrum There ~ tb' hostess, n charming
widow played by Mrs. Dennison, of Baltimore ANA
eur fame u society Top In love with her played by
allen Inc o. Half "A sentimental
cntci by Miss C00ey and an economical bachelor |
aiken by f. f. Coward Courtenay Thorpe viii play |
old doctor and political economist and othor char
icters Will be in tho bands of Miss Alice Laurence
Miss Laura Collins. Howard Martin and Alfred Young.
The Mouse Trap deals with the same theme recently
rcatcd by Mr.. liowells and Miss DE Wolfe ia 10 be |
he mOuse-earing here inc. Behind the Curtain Is
uon0oguo satrLng the feminine dread OF the preva-
en burglar, and to be delivered by Mrs Dennlson